The hardest and easiest places in London to pass your driving test

Passing your driving test is a right of passage for many young Londoners.

It gives a huge amount of freedom but also means they can help out their family with chores that their parents are probably sick of.

Currently, due to the lockdown, all types of driving tests are suspended in England.

But when tests can be taken again, those challenging themselves to learn to drive will want to know where the best places in London to take it are.

Looking at previous data you can see that the percentage of people passing first time changes from centre to centre.

And the difference can be pretty big.

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For example around half of people taking their test at the driving centre in Ashford, Hounslow, pass their test first time but this drops to just 30 per cent if you look at the centre in Belvedere, Bexley.

The government has  released data showing the percentage of people who pass the first time at each centre.

We’ve worked out the average of this pass rate over the past five years to show where about in London it’s easiest and hardest to pass your driving test.

For centres established within the past five years, data for the available years was used.

Here are all the active centres and your chance of passing first time in each.

	Test Centre	Average 1st time pass rate
1	Ashford – London Middlesex	50.48%
2	West Wickham	49.60%
3	Carshalton – Tolworth	48.27%
4	Morden	47.26%
5	Uxbridge	46.70%
6	Hornchurch – Romford	46.20%
7	Hither Green	45.56%
8	Sidcup	45.32%
9	Enfield – Brancroft Way	44.77%
10	Pinner	44.26%
11	Hendon	44.00%
12	Mill Hill	43.60%
13	Isleworth	43.40%
14	Mitcham	41.24%
15	Hayes	40.02%
16	Bromley	40.00%
17	Greenford – Horsenden Lane	38.87%
18	Greenford – Whitton Ave East	38.23%
19	Wood Green	39.50%
20	Southall	39.06%
21	Croydon	38.98%
22	Enfield – Innova Business Park	38.68%
23	Tottenham	37.88%
24	Goodmayes – Ilford	37.12%
25	Chingford	36.60%
26	Barnet	35.88%
27	Barking – Tanner Street	34.38%
28	Wanstead	32.80%
29	Erith	30.74%
30	Belvedere	30.60%

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